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MODIS/Terra Image MOD14A2 EDG Data Set Name
MODIS/Terra Thermal Anomalies/Fire 8-Day L3 Global 1km ISIN Grid

Granule Shortname
MOD14A2

Data Set Characteristics
Area = ~10o x 10o latitude/longitude
Size = 1200 x 1200 rows/columns
File Size = ~3-5 MB
Resolution = 1000 meters
Projection = Integerized Sinusoidal
Data Format = HDF-EOS
Science Data Sets (SDS) = 2

Product Description
The image shown above is an example of the MODIS/Terra Thermal Anomalies/Fire 8-day level-3 global 1-kilometer gridded product in the Integerized Sinusoidal projection (MOD14A2). The image was produced along the coast of Angola and Namibia and has been pseudo-colored for illustrative purposes:

  • Red = Fire
  • Blue = water
  • White = cloud
  • Green = non-fire land pixels
  • Black = missing data
  • Yellow = unknown

The MOD14A2 product is a gridded 1 km composite of the most-confident fire pixel detected in each grid cell over the eight-day composite interval. Fire detection is performed using the MODIS 4 and 11 micrometer channel brightness temperatures. The fire detection strategy is based on absolute detection of the fire, if the fire is strong enough, and on detection relative to the background to account for variability of the surface temperature and reflection by sunlight

SDS Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor
Most Confident Detected Fire Bit field 8-bit Unsigned Integer 0 0-9 N/A
Algorithm QA Bit field 8-bit Unsigned Integer 3 0-3 1km

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Data Center: LPDAAC
Sensor: MODIS
Dataset: MODIS/Terra Thermal Anomalies/Fire 8-Day L3 Global 1km ISIN Grid
Geographic Extent: Type Lat/Long Range or Draw on Map
Temporal Extent: August 29, 2002 (2002241) - October 7, 2002 (2002280)

Product Information
Product Description
(http://landval.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODLAND/fire.htm)
User Guide
(http://modis-fire.umd.edu/documents/MODIS_Fire_Users_Guide_2_0__2.pdf)
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD)
(http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/atbd/land_atbd.php)
MODIS Standard Data Products Catalog
(http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dataprod/index.php)
EOS Data Products Handbook Volume 1 (2000)
(http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/for_scientists/data_products/vol1.php)
Additional Product Information
(http://modis-fire.umd.edu/)

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